I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

"You are a good person."

This is Kiritsugu's evaluation of Natalia.

Because of these words, Kiritsugu followed Natalia for the rest of the time.

Of course, one does not adopt orphans and treat them like ordinary children. Natalia didn't have that kind of leisure and love, so Kiritsugu's comment was a joke to her.

Good guy? She wasn't that a long time ago, or she never was.

Her profession is a bounty hunter or mercenary. She does not belong to any organization and only pursues prey for reward and bonus. And the means are definitely not glorious.

Her most common method is to keep an eye on the enforcers of the Magic Association, and when they find a certain target and move out, she will seize the prey before them, and then resell it to the Magic Association at a high price.

This bad way makes many people in the Magic Association hate it, but because Natalia has not violated the rules and has always acted within the rules, she is very strong and very easy to use as a knife, and the Magic Association is not lacking either. Money, so let it be.

After Kiritsugu joined, her actions became more efficient.

Kiritsugu stayed with Natalia as an assistant, being commanded by her and receiving training from her at the same time.

This also means that he embarks on the same path as Natalya, the path of a hunter.

He has no regrets about this. Natalia never forced him. Everything was his own choice. Because of this, he has never changed his opinion. From beginning to end, he thought she was a good person. .

After leaving the closed southern island and coming to the outside world, Kiritsugu soon discovered that the tragedy he experienced was not a rare exception. Such stupid things happened again and again in the dark side of the world, just like daily life. It was only because the two major organizations, the Magic Association and the Holy Church, had concealed the operational information that it had no social impact.

Magicians who are too persistent in pursuing the truth and do not hesitate to spread disaster everywhere.

And there are two major organizations that will do whatever it takes to deal with the magician secretly. Struggles with the occult and the hidden mysteries occur frequently enough that Natalia is able to make a lavish living from this job.

Something inside Kiritsugu was ignited.

In order to undo his mistake, he killed his father with his own hands.

But this is not enough. The act of killing the magician Noriken Emiya is too far from the determination to prevent the tragedy from happening again - just like a drop of water to the ocean, it can basically be ignored.

If you really want to redeem your mistakes and find a reason for killing your father, then you can only usher in true redemption by hunting down all the heretical magicians like your father.

Seal the designated executor.

A hound that hunts demons outside the realm of law, the boy did not hesitate to embark on this inhuman and bloody road, and for this he agreed to the conditions of the association and accepted 20% of the seal from his father, Juxian, in order to use magic.

For Kiritsugu, magic is not his life's career, but just a means to achieve his own goals. In fact, magic is just one of the several "methods" the boy learned from this female hunter.

Tracking skills, assassination techniques, and the use of various weapons - the hound has more than one "fang". In order to hunt and kill prey in various environments and conditions, you need to learn a variety of techniques and knowledge one by one.

In order to learn these things, Kiritsugu devoted his most precious youth. The years filled with the smell of blood and gunpowder smoke left a mark of vicissitudes on the young man, and also allowed him to gradually emerge in the dark world and gain considerable fame.

Although he is a bit too young and mature, Kiritsugu is very satisfied with his current state.

Although his methods are dirty and his hands are dirty, he is on the road to his ideal and seeking redemption. Life with Natalia is also very good. Maybe it is not as carefree as with Xia Lei, but it has a different kind of warmth.

I should spend my whole life like this, with her - thought Kiritsugu, who was no longer a teenager.

At this time, he didn't know how much more this inhuman and bloody road would cost him, and what heavy sins that lofty and almost stupid ideal would make him bear.

On this day, Kiritsugu's teacher and companion was facing the most dangerous crisis in his life.

As if it was a fateful reincarnation, what happened this time was also related to magicians and vampires.

"Magic Bee Envoy" Oded Bozak is the target of the two men's mission this time.

Although not completely, this magician successfully transformed into a Death Apostle, using the poisonous needles of his bee familiar to increase the number of ghouls under his command, which is a very dangerous existence.

Unlike those ostentatious Death Apostles, Bozak was very cautious. He changed his appearance, disguised his identity as an ordinary person, and disappeared. It was not until four days ago that intelligence came out that he, who had been missing for a long time, would board an Airbus A300 passenger plane from Paris to New York.

In order not to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the master and apprentice divided their labors and cooperated. Natalia entered the plane alone and conducted an extremely difficult "hunting operation" to find a target with unknown appearance and unknown name among the 287 passengers. Kiritsugu did not take the same flight. He was assigned to go to New York first to find clues to reveal Bozak's disguised identity.

In this way, the master and the apprentice kept in close contact between the sky and the ground, and gradually quietly and surely searched for the prey's seat in the closed space.

The assassination went surprisingly smoothly, and the mission was completed just three hours after the plane took off.

However, this is only the beginning of the tragedy.

No one thought that Bozak would hide from customs and bring his "Death Apostles" onto the plane, and no one thought that these "Death Apostles" would go on a rampage after their master was killed and attack the passengers on the plane crazily. .

Before long, the cockpit of the giant jetliner turned into a bloody hell filled with dead bodies.

In a closed environment, with a huge number of "Dead Apostle Bees" and dead corpses, even the experienced Natalia was in a desperate situation.

Kiritsugu had nothing to do about it. Natalia was in a closed space three thousand feet above the ground. Unless he had the power to reach the sky, he could only wait on the ground in agony.

But even in such a bad situation, he still firmly believed that the experienced huntress could survive, because that was the principle she had repeatedly emphasized and taught him countless times - "survive by any means necessary." .

He believed she could do it, just as she believed in his ability.

She lived up to his trust and actually survived. Even though all the crew members and passengers on the plane turned into ghouls, she managed to survive and ensured that all dead bodies were kept out of the cockpit before piloting the plane to the New York airport.

And this is the worst and most likely situation that Kiritsugu expected.

The two of them alone cannot eliminate so many dead bodies. Once the plane lands, leaving these corpses hungry for flesh and blood to wreak havoc, no one knows how many more people will die - but if they can survive by doing this, Natalia will definitely do it. Her persistence in life is stronger than anything else. Everyone is strong, and so is their ability to survive.

To stop this, this steel cage must crash into the Atlantic Ocean. If Natalie fails to do it, it's up to him - those who deserve to die are eliminated, and those who don't deserve to die are saved. This is justice! And he is the partner of justice.

What an irony.

Events related to the monster hiding in the shadow of human reason have taken away the woman he loved most in his youth, and now threaten to take away his remaining family.

For the sake of justice, he once again had to make a cruel choice.

Moreover, in order not to let Natalia detect his thoughts, he had to keep the radio communication open, pretend that he was still in the hotel, and talk to her to reassure her.

Perhaps out of boredom, or perhaps because she didn’t want to focus on the annoying dead bodies outside, Natalia was particularly nagging today and said a lot of things that were impossible to say normally.

"At that time, when you brat said you wanted to help me with my business, I really had a headache. Because even if you lied, it seemed impossible for you to give up."

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"You kid, your quality in this area is really too good. You are not affected by psychology at all when you do it - it takes most killers several years to realize this. But little kid, from the beginning You have this awareness. This is a very remarkable quality."

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"But choosing a career based on one's own qualities does not necessarily lead to happiness. As long as talent crosses a certain boundary, it will directly determine the path of life regardless of the thoughts or feelings of the person concerned. As long as a person reaches this point, he is finished . If you don't think about 'what you want to do' and only think about 'what you should do'... that kind of person is just a machine and a phenomenon, and it is not the way a person should live at all."

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"In your case, it seems that I was the main reason for taking away that opportunity. How should I put it...I feel a little bit guilty, although I had no other way to teach you at that time."

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"For a long time, I spent every bloody life alone. It was so long that I forgot that I was alone. So...heh, this is quite funny, with someone who is like a family member The feeling of being together.”

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"Maybe I'm old and no longer useful."

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"The reason why this kind of mistake happened is probably because playing the game of having a house and drinking together made me relax unknowingly. If that's the case, it's about time. Should I retire..."

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Kiritsugu's heart felt colder with every word he said.

Yes, I am very qualified, so I can go crazy with heartache while calmly aiming a "stinger" at a plane in the sky to kill my teacher, who will become my adoptive mother.

In order to cope with the "miracle" that the woman he loved survived, he even calculated step by step how to definitely kill her.

To this end, he ran around in New York late at night, visited all channels, and finally obtained the Blowpipe (blowpipe) portable surface-to-air missile that had been leaked to the black market.

Then he rented a speedboat and rushed to the waters near New York International Airport as quickly as possible. Now, Kiritsugu was sitting on a speedboat floating on the sea, waiting for Natalia's plane to appear in front of him. This is located directly below the waterway. When the plane approaches New York International Airport, it will lower its altitude and enter the range barely within reach of the missile.

What kind of bastard am I? ! !

But no matter how much he blamed himself or cursed himself, time still passed little by little, and that beautiful silver wing appeared on the horizon in the dawn light, appearing within the range of the "Blowpipe" - 1,500 kilometers. Ruler, it will definitely hit.

At this time, the woman finally said her last words.

"If I lose my job... I will really have to play the role of mother now."

"You...are my real family."

And he could only cry and roar in a low and hoarse voice while pressing the launch button.

Just like last time, memories related to her flashed through his mind quickly, followed by explosives detonating.

The iron block that had lost its aerodynamic properties twisted and fractured as if it had been cut off, turning into pieces and falling quietly into the morning ocean. The fallen metal fragments shone brightly in the morning light and gradually sank to the bottom of the sea, just like Kiritsugu's fragmented soul.

The first ray of light shot out from beyond the horizon. Kiritsugu was basking in today's sunlight that Natalia could not see, and he cried alone in a low voice.

Without anyone knowing it, Kiritsugu saved people he didn't even know.

What kind of adult does Kelly want to be when she grows up?

I want to be a partner in justice.

Did you see that? Xia Lei...

This time I killed someone again. Just like I killed my father, I killed again. I didn't make the same mistake you did that time. I have saved many people...

If people knew about Kiritsugu's actions and intentions, would they feel grateful? Will Kiritsugu be hailed as a hero by those who were at the airport and finally saved from facing a horrific corpse?

"Are you kidding...What a joke! Damn it!!"

Holding the missile launcher that had begun to cool down tightly, Kiritsugu roared loudly at the sky that was gradually getting brighter.

He doesn't want fame or thanks from others. He just wanted to see Natalia again, waiting for the day when he could call her "Mom" in person.

this day……

PS: Let me say a few more words here. This is considered a mistake in Laoxu’s plot design. In fact, there was a solution to the situation at that time. The dead body did not have the ability to break through the hatch, so it naturally had no ability to break through the cabin. Even if it landed, as long as it said hello in advance and did not open the door, there would be no impact - then Natalia would be To get it out, although the cockpit does not have a hatch, it can be cut from the outside. Although it is troublesome, it is also more offset than blowing up the plane. The only thing worth worrying about is probably the impact of this incident being spread, but blowing up the plane won't make it much better. It can only be said that Kiritsugu's mind is still not flexible enough.